Dark Matter | Innovation News Network Science, Research & Innovation News Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:19:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Dark matter linked to the slowing spin of Milky Way’s galactic bar /dark-matter-linked-to-the-slowing-spin-of-milky-ways-galactic-bar/12563/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dark-matter-linked-to-the-slowing-spin-of-milky-ways-galactic-bar /dark-matter-linked-to-the-slowing-spin-of-milky-ways-galactic-bar/12563/#respond Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:19:32 +0000 /?p=12563 The spin of the Milky Way’s galactic bar has slowed by about a quarter since its formation, a new study has found. Despite astrophysicists having predicted such a slowdown for 30 years, the study, by researchers at University College London (UCL) and the University of Oxford, is the first to measure it. The researchers say […]

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]]> /dark-matter-linked-to-the-slowing-spin-of-milky-ways-galactic-bar/12563/feed/ 0 New data on speed in which Universe is expanding /universe-is-expanding/9947/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=universe-is-expanding /universe-is-expanding/9947/#respond Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:45:48 +0000 /?p=9947 Determining how rapidly the Universe is expanding is key to our cosmic fate, however, the current data is conflicting with previous estimates.

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]]> /universe-is-expanding/9947/feed/ 0 The mysterious origins of solar-mass black holes /solar-mass-black-holes/9917/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-mass-black-holes /solar-mass-black-holes/9917/#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:02:42 +0000 /?p=9917 Scientists led by the KIPMU have established the origins of solar-mass black holes and their connection to dark matter.

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]]> /solar-mass-black-holes/9917/feed/ 0 Astrophysicists use stellar kinematics to investigate dark matter distribution /stellar-kinematics/9428/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stellar-kinematics /stellar-kinematics/9428/#respond Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:02:43 +0000 /?p=9428 A team of researchers have investigated the strength of dark matter scattered across the smallest galaxies in the Universe using stellar kinematics.

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]]> /stellar-kinematics/9428/feed/ 0 New theory suggests the existence of a fifth dimension could explain dark matter /fifth-dimension/9166/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fifth-dimension /fifth-dimension/9166/#respond Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:31:14 +0000 /?p=9166 Theoretical physicists speculate that the existence of a fifth dimension could solve many open questions in physics.

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]]> /fifth-dimension/9166/feed/ 0 Scientists suggest newly detected X-ray emissions from neutron stars could be evidence of axions /x-ray-emissions/8852/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=x-ray-emissions /x-ray-emissions/8852/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:58:49 +0000 /?p=8852 As published in Physical Review Letters, evidence of long-sought hypothetical particles, known as axions, could be found in X-ray emissions.

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]]> /x-ray-emissions/8852/feed/ 0 Astrophysicists mitigate gravitational lensing using self-calibration methods /astrophysicists-mitigate-gravitational-lensing-using-self-calibration-methods/7496/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=astrophysicists-mitigate-gravitational-lensing-using-self-calibration-methods /astrophysicists-mitigate-gravitational-lensing-using-self-calibration-methods/7496/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:26:34 +0000 /?p=7496 Scientists from the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, have demonstrated the first use of self-calibration to remove contamination from gravitational lensing signals, paving the way for more accurate cosmological models of the Universe. Astrophysicists measure light from distant galaxies to develop high-precision models of the history, evolution, and structure of the cosmos. The gravity […]

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]]> /astrophysicists-mitigate-gravitational-lensing-using-self-calibration-methods/7496/feed/ 0 Cosmologists successfully measure the amount of matter in the Universe /cosmologists-successfully-measure-the-amount-of-matter-in-the-universe/7247/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cosmologists-successfully-measure-the-amount-of-matter-in-the-universe /cosmologists-successfully-measure-the-amount-of-matter-in-the-universe/7247/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:52:43 +0000 /?p=7247 A team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), USA, has precisely measured the total amount of matter in the Universe. As published in the Astrophysical Journal, the team determined that matter makes up 31% of the total amount of matter and energy in the Universe, with the remainder consisting of dark […]

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]]> /cosmologists-successfully-measure-the-amount-of-matter-in-the-universe/7247/feed/ 0 Early Universe cosmology: theoretical models and observational data /early-universe-cosmology-theoretical-models-and-observational-data/6998/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-universe-cosmology-theoretical-models-and-observational-data /early-universe-cosmology-theoretical-models-and-observational-data/6998/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 08:00:30 +0000 /?p=6998 Mairi Sakellariadou, Professor of Theoretical Physics at King’s College London, discusses her research into early Universe cosmology. Professor Mairi Sakellariadou’s research into theoretical physics and early Universe cosmology places an emphasis on the physics of the early Universe with her research activities including quantum gravity (string cosmology, loop quantum cosmology, group field theory, noncommutative geometry), […]

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]]> /early-universe-cosmology-theoretical-models-and-observational-data/6998/feed/ 0 Mimicking antideuteron production in space at CERN /mimicking-antideuteron-production-in-space-at-cern/6811/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mimicking-antideuteron-production-in-space-at-cern /mimicking-antideuteron-production-in-space-at-cern/6811/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:43:21 +0000 /?p=6811 Caitlin Magee of Innovation News Network speaks to Luciano Musa, senior physicist at CERN, about his latest work mimicking antideuteron production. Deuterium is one of two stable hydrogen isotopes, the nucleus of which, named deuteron, contains one proton and one neutron. Its antimatter counterpart, antideuteron, has recently been the subject of an extensive study at […]

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]]> /mimicking-antideuteron-production-in-space-at-cern/6811/feed/ 0 Searching for mysterious dark matter particles and the mass of neutrinos /searching-for-mysterious-dark-matter-particles-and-the-mass-of-neutrinos/6646/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=searching-for-mysterious-dark-matter-particles-and-the-mass-of-neutrinos /searching-for-mysterious-dark-matter-particles-and-the-mass-of-neutrinos/6646/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:42:32 +0000 /?p=6646 Solving the common puzzles of cosmology, dark matter particles, and the mass of neutrinos using sensitive experiments requires continuous technological progress and, in particular, the extreme reduction of background due to residual traces of radioactivity. With the term ‘physical cosmology’, the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2019 to J Peebles honours the close connection between […]

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]]> /searching-for-mysterious-dark-matter-particles-and-the-mass-of-neutrinos/6646/feed/ 0 Technology in relativistic heavy ion collider physics research /technology-in-relativistic-heavy-ion-collider-physics-research/6466/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=technology-in-relativistic-heavy-ion-collider-physics-research /technology-in-relativistic-heavy-ion-collider-physics-research/6466/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:24:16 +0000 /?p=6466 Professor John W Harris, from Yale University’s Wright Laboratory, outlines the development of accelerator technologies and the evolution in relativistic heavy ion collider physics research we have seen along with it. The field of relativistic heavy ion physics seeks to create and investigate matter that existed around 10 microseconds after the Big Bang. At that […]

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]]> /technology-in-relativistic-heavy-ion-collider-physics-research/6466/feed/ 0 New material can mix matter with light /new-material-can-mix-matter-with-light/6341/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-material-can-mix-matter-with-light /new-material-can-mix-matter-with-light/6341/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:00:16 +0000 /?p=6341 A team of researchers at Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Hamburg, and Universidade Federaldo Ceará have developed a new material, demonstrating that they can mix matter with light. The newly developed material shows the strongest coupling to light reported so far. The research team suggest that this material may be used in the future for computers […]

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]]> /new-material-can-mix-matter-with-light/6341/feed/ 0 Astrophysicists have created the largest 3D map of the Universe /astrophysicists-have-created-the-largest-3d-map-of-the-universe/6218/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=astrophysicists-have-created-the-largest-3d-map-of-the-universe /astrophysicists-have-created-the-largest-3d-map-of-the-universe/6218/#respond Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:15:09 +0000 /?p=6218 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has published a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the Universe, revealing that six billion years ago, the expansion of the Universe began to accelerate. Over 100 astrophysicists collaborated in the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS). The purpose of eBOSS was to create detailed measurements of […]

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]]> /astrophysicists-have-created-the-largest-3d-map-of-the-universe/6218/feed/ 0 CEA – dark matter and dark energy shape the Universe /cea-dark-matter-and-dark-energy-shape-the-universe/6116/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cea-dark-matter-and-dark-energy-shape-the-universe /cea-dark-matter-and-dark-energy-shape-the-universe/6116/#respond Sat, 11 Jul 2020 08:30:44 +0000 /?p=6116 Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille explains how the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will be able to address several of the most challenging questions of cosmology and further improve our understanding of the dark Universe. Despite millennia of observations devoted to the cosmos and a well-established Standard Model of particle physics that classifies all the known elementary particles […]

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]]> /cea-dark-matter-and-dark-energy-shape-the-universe/6116/feed/ 0 CERN, LHCb, Syracuse University and the search for New Physics /cern-lhcb-syracuse-university-and-the-search-for-new-physics/5971/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cern-lhcb-syracuse-university-and-the-search-for-new-physics /cern-lhcb-syracuse-university-and-the-search-for-new-physics/5971/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:54:00 +0000 /?p=5971 Physicists from Syracuse University, working at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), discuss their involvement in the LHCb experiment and the search for evidence of physical forces beyond those we know, called ‘New Physics’ (NP). In elementary particle physics, we deal with the smallest known basic elements of matter, quarks and leptons (shown in Fig. […]

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]]> /cern-lhcb-syracuse-university-and-the-search-for-new-physics/5971/feed/ 0 The connection between galaxy size and dark matter /the-connection-between-galaxy-size-and-dark-matter/4753/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-connection-between-galaxy-size-and-dark-matter /the-connection-between-galaxy-size-and-dark-matter/4753/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:40:36 +0000 /?p=4753 Based on satellite galaxy simulations, scientist have made a stronger connection between the size of galaxies and the dark matter halos that surround them. Large masses in space often pull objects, such as planets and moons, into orbit. This rule also applies to galaxies, those that are in the gravitational field of larger galaxies are […]

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]]> /the-connection-between-galaxy-size-and-dark-matter/4753/feed/ 0 Studying the origin of cosmic rays for a new view of the high-energy sky /new-view-high-energy-sky/890/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-view-high-energy-sky /new-view-high-energy-sky/890/#respond Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:00:00 +0000 /new-view-high-energy-sky/890/ The University of Maryland’s Department of Physics explores the high-energy universe with the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory. One of the great mysteries of the last century has been the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays which hit the earth with energy more than a million times greater than that of the highest manmade beams […]

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